Introduction to Psychotherapy: Principles and Practice. 4 Credit Hours

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In the Introduction to Psychotherapy Principles and Practice elective, fourth year medical students will learn how to apply the fundamentals of psychotherapy, including empathy, identifying affect, transference phenomena, therapeutic alliance, patient motivation, and boundaries with guidance from an established psychodynamic therapy clinical manual [1]. Students will have opportunities to practice basic psychotherapy skills with patients in a variety of clinical settings, including UT Health outpatient psychiatry clinics and University Hospital inpatient and consult-liaison psychiatry services. Students will be assigned readings and videos on core psychotherapeutic modalities, including Supportive Psychotherapy, Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Interactive weekly meetings will be held to review assigned readings and process patient encounters. Students will be evaluated on participation in scheduled activities and development of basic clinical psychotherapy skills. References: [1] Cabaniss, D., Cherry, S., Douglas, C., and Schwartz, A (2017). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons Inc. Prerequisites: PSYC 3005 .